Motoring Discussion > Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day....	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: R.P.	Replies: 42

New Fri 12 Oct 12 18:56   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - R.P.

Got overtaken by a roof down BMW Z4 - a newish one (think a 59 reg) it flew passed giving the full benefit of its straight six through a cheeky exhaust mod. Overtook him by outflanking him on an approach to a roundabout - hope he appreciated my six as I changed down. Sad to think that these sounds will be history soon as the only petrol engine of any worth will be asthmatic ultra efficient 3 or 4 cylinders, ubiquitous diesels and silent electrics....will miss them when they've gone.... Last edited by: R.P. on Fri 12 Oct 12 at 19:02 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 19:28   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dog

I had the loan of a little 3 cylinder Colt back in the Spring when I had my Lancer serviced by the pain dealer. Manual gearbox of course, and I really enjoyed driving it from Foulmouth to the moor and back. It's obviously designed to be economical but, I gave it stick all the way and the exhaust/engine note was music to my ears. These old duffers that drive automatics don't know what they're missing! Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Fri 12 Oct 12 19:32   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Robin O'Reliant

A Norton Commando with the throttle nailed to the stop is a sound made in Heaven. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 21:08   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - MD

>> A Norton Commando with the throttle nailed to the stop is a sound made in >> Heaven. >> 850 Interstate preferably RR. Last time I rode one solo was at Blackbushe circa 1974. Ruddy free for all up the strip. Almost collided with (another clown) coming tuther way!! Nice machine though and reasonably well sorted for a British machine. MD. P.S. I was Sixteen. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 21:36   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Harleyman

>> A Norton Commando with the throttle nailed to the stop is a sound made in >> Heaven. >> And a well-thrashed Trident (of the Meriden ilk) even better still. But nothing, for me, beats the sound of half a dozen Foden 2-strokes loaded with gravel pulling out of Hoveringham quarry, a sound long associated with my childhood. Both the fleet and the quarry are long gone (though one 8-wheeler survives in preservation) but I can still pick that sound out miles away. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 21:43   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - R.P.

Never ridden a pre-historic British bike ! The best engine sound on a bike I ever owned was the VFR800 (VTEC) - dank - that thing could yowl when the VTEC came on song ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 21:48   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Harleyman

>> Never ridden a pre-historic British bike ! The best engine sound on a bike I >> ever owned was the VFR800 (VTEC) - dank - that thing could yowl when the >> VTEC came on song ! >> You could do worse that get yourself down to Mallory Park in July for the VMCC's Festival of 1,000 Bikes. Plenty of music for the ears, British, Oriental and European. Might even be the odd Harley or two. ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 21:53   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - R.P.

Reminded me of trips to Donnington in the late 80s - Witnessed that JPS Wankel roaring around the place - now that was special...! www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2OpjlYTHYk Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 10:26   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Robin O'Reliant

>> >> Might even be the odd Harley or two. ;-) >> >> Whatever the merits or otherwise of Milwaukee's Iron Horse, the sound ain't one of them. It's the jazz music of the automotive world, a discordant clattering of pops, bangs and whistles, out of tune and with all the notes in the wrong order. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 20:58   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Harleyman

>> Whatever the merits or otherwise of Milwaukee's Iron Horse, the sound ain't one of them. >> It's the jazz music of the automotive world, a discordant clattering of pops, bangs and >> whistles, out of tune and with all the notes in the wrong order. >> Fair comment. :-) And a good analogy too; like jazz they're very much a Marmite sort of thing, you either love 'em or hate 'em. And agaiin like jazz, it's the ensemble that makes the solos bearable. True enthusiasts for the breed enjoy the subtle variations which the uneducated ear misses. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 21:41   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - R.P.

Never really taken to Harleys (although my bucket list contains a reference) but the one thing you can't take away from them is the cracking engine sound. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 19:36   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - R.P.

I had almost convinced myself that the next car would be an auto. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 19:38   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Zero

>> I had almost convinced myself that the next car would be an auto. Dont tell me, your new Iphone 5 is white. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 20:22   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - R.P.

Funnily enough no. Not my style ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 19:47   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dave_

>> These old duffers that drive automatics don't know what they're missing! I dunno, I had to move a VW Amarok DSG 8 speed demonstrator about 10 miles yesterday. Loved the swift gearchanges, OK it's no Ferrari 458 but it still beats the slushbox in the works Hilux :) I'm always one for cracking open a window when something tasty is approaching - today on my travels I did exactly that for a 1971 Escort RS in full rally trim and a white Focus RS giving it some. I also had to load and unload a side-pipe AC Cobra, which was nice :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 19:56   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dog

And tell me Walt - how much do you have to pay em for doing that job. :+) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 20:07   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dave_

>> how much do you have to pay em for doing that job Some of the jobs they send me on, I *would* pay em to do. I suppose you can describe it as prestige, sports and classic car movements... Kinda what Ted and PhilW do, but with less Fiestas. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 22:35   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Ted

. Kinda what Ted and PhilW do, but with less Fiestas. Fewer Fiestas.... Pedant mode clicked in !.................Sorry Dave. Ted :-) >> Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 19:56   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Kevin

>I had the loan of a little 3 cylinder Colt back in the Spring.. >I gave it stick all the way and the exhaust/engine note was music to my ears. I've been thinking of buying one of those to replace the Flymo. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 20:06   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Zero

Dog has consumed more grass than your flymo ever will. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Fri 12 Oct 12 20:33   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - bathtub tom

Walking round Trafalgar square the other Sunday, a Ferrari stopped at a crossing. I made eye contact with the driver, cupped an ear in one hand and signalled a 'wind it up' with the other. He smiled and obliged by blipping the throttle a couple of times, then shouted 'it costs me a couple of quid every time I do that'. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 21:58   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Bromptonaut

Maybe a Deltic or the growl of a Merlin. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 22:01   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - MD

Like getting home late on a Friday night.!!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 22:13   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dog

Depends how you define consumed, I did actually bake a cake with some resin in it once and I was still feeling the effects of it by the next day. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 22:27   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Zero

4 Olympus 593 Engines on reheat out of Heathrow. Miss em. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 22:37   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Ted

Scott Squirrel getting a rift on.................Yowwwwwwwwwl ! Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 12 Oct 12 22:59   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - bathtub tom

The Mazda, Wankel engined, Le Mans cars. Described as sounding like a donkey's bray. The pits would applaud when they switched it off! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 10:57   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dave_

>> 4 Olympus 593 Engines on reheat out of Heathrow That sound was as much felt as heard, at least it was from the Esso station on the south perimeter road. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 11:24   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dog

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1VSCph-G8&feature=fvwrel Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 10:34   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - L'escargot

Gone are the days when noisy cars were "cool". Cars should be seen but not heard. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 11:09   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Runfer D'Hills

OK confession time. At a time when I was seduced by such things, I had a 3.5 V8 petrol Land Rover 90. ( Defender ancestor ) Hand painted orange, roll bars, bull bars, mahooosive Cibies, Spax adjustables, white wide wheels with General Grabbers, Recaros, Momo steering wheel, ski rack on the roof and and a cherry bomb exhaust pipe. Of course it looked and sounded ridiculous in hindsight. But in alpine tunnels....Oh yes ! :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 11:39   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Dutchie

Snap Humph I hand painted orange a VW Beetle didn't look to bad either.>:) The sound of a Deutz ships engine used to love.The Focus diesel is very quet,neighbours renault sounds like a tractor. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 13:12   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - bathtub tom

'60s A35. I found that a straight-through replacement silencer was cheaper than a standard one. Lovely raspberry sound! '70s Vitesse. I had a habit of bashing the rear box on things, it was a big, heavy lump. The centre section box was straight-through with a couple of half baffles. I found a reversed centre section fitted neatly where the back box should be. Straight six yowl! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 13:16   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Robin O'Reliant

I must say that when the exhaust fell of my Reliant Regal it transformed the car, making it sound like a V8. I went the long way to Kwik Fit. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 14:37   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - devonite

Did you get lost on the way? www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LoL8oWoDYg Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 19:47   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Cliff Pope

>> I had >> a 3.5 V8 petrol Land Rover 90. >> I had a V8 conversion Series III LWB. No other customising at all, it looked just like an ordinary lumbering old landrover. It was fun sometimes giving someone a shock - foot down it would surge forwards like a rhinocerous going into a charge, with a satisfying throbbing burble. V8s always sound like two engines not quite in sync, getting in each other's way, until suddenly you realise you are running out of road. But for sheer refined effortlessness the Triumph straight 6 gets my vote. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 21:53   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Fullchat

Lancia Stratos anyone? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZOXTFLE_Y Or Quattro www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZOXTFLE_Y Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 14 Oct 12 11:03   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - corax

>> Or Quattro >> >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZOXTFLE_Y >> I think you meant something like this Fullchat www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wrLj_HlYEo And this has got to be one of my favourites www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YPabCzxMXM Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 14 Oct 12 14:19   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Fullchat

Awesome Corax !! :))) Not forgetting the 6R4: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l24JtOhqvEY&NR=1&feature=endscreen Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 14 Oct 12 14:46   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - corax

>>Not forgetting the 6R4: Brilliant cars :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 14 Oct 12 15:50   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - Zero

>> >>Not forgetting the 6R4: >> >> Brilliant cars :) He wasnt really giving it what for, this bloke knew how to push the 6R4. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sikmi5nq3k Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 14 Oct 12 16:09   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - nice but dim

Another metro being pushed to the limit www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTIFAGafX68&feature=fvwrel Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 13 Oct 12 23:38   Engine sounds on a sunny autumn day.... - legacylad

My current boss has 2 LR petrols, both V8s. One a 3.9 ex police RR engine converted with auto box for a disabled driver, SWB pick up. the other a soft top. They sound lovely, biut after a ride in the former after work last Sunday I could not live with one. 17mpg, noise from everywhere.No thanks. I barely coped with my Defender 90 300 series for 6 months. Doubt if i could cope with these for 6 days. Reply to this message | Report message